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08-13-2005, 07:40 PM

NegadivOne

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Header Install Question

When installing new headers, is it necessary to reinstall those two engine brackets that are held in by the header bolts?

08-13-2005, 08:16 PM

wildstang87

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RE: Header Install Question

you dont have to they are just there for pulling the motor.

08-14-2005, 08:47 PM

black89gt

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RE: Header Install Question

ive read in a mustang 5.0 project magazine that you do because it like absorbs the vibration on the headers, so the ehader bolts dont back out and it could cause a header crack. in the books opinion. but hey i didnt put mines back in and its fine

08-14-2005, 09:29 PM

silver91gt

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RE: Header Install Question

thats the funniest thing I've ever heard.
how can adding a bracket absorb vibrations?
the last time I checked steel, is not maleable at all.

08-14-2005, 11:43 PM

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RE: Header Install Question

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ORIGINAL: black89gt

ive read in a mustang 5.0 project magazine that you do because it like absorbs the vibration on the headers, so the ehader bolts dont back out and it could cause a header crack. in the books opinion. but hey i didnt put mines back in and its fine

Yeah I read that same thing so that is why i asked. it didnt make any sense to me...